Politics
FLASHBACK: Arizona Dem Senate candidate called Trump voters ‘dumb’: ‘Worst people in the world’
A House Democrat running for Senate in a key swing state bashed voters who supported then-President-elect Donald Trump in a resurfaced interview. ‘I think Donald Trump ran a xenophobic campaign that drew out the worst people in the world that we are not going to appeal to and never will,’ Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., said…
Harris-Trump cash dash: Former president looks to flip script with fundraising swing in oil country
Trailing Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 cash dash, former President Trump heads next week to Texas, a state that’s long served as an ATM for Republican White House candidates. Aiming to narrow the fundraising gap with Harris, the former president will headline a luncheon Oct. 2 in Midland, Texas, as he courts donors…
Zelenskyy downplays comment that Trump doesn’t know how to end Russia’s war with Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is downplaying past disagreements with former President Donald Trump following a meeting in New York City. Zelenskyy visited Trump Tower on Friday to meet with the Republican presidential nominee, then sat down with Fox News’ Griff Jenkins to discuss what seems to have been a good-spirited conversation. ‘We understand that even…
Watchdog sues Pentagon for withholding promotion data they believe will show DEI at play
A watchdog group is suing the Department of Defense (DOD) after it failed to hand over demographics data on who is receiving promotions in the military. The group, which says it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in March that has gone ignored, is looking for breakdowns by race and gender of military…
Not Minnesota nice: GOP congressman playing Tim Walz in debate prep with JD Vance argues he’s an ’empty suit’
Ask House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer about Gov. Tim Walz, a fellow Minnesotan and Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, and the five-term Republican congressman jokingly takes a shot. ‘I didn’t realize that Tim Walz and I are around the same age. He looks so much older,’ the 63-year-old Emmer said about the 60-year-old…
Johnson demands Zelenskyy fire Ukraine’s ambassador to US amid fallout from Pennsylvania trip
: House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to fire Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States after she allegedly organized a U.S. taxpayer-funded visit to a battleground state ahead of the 2024 presidential election, Fox News Digital has learned. Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova, organized a tour of an…
10 Dems vote with GOP to rebuke Biden officials over chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal
Ten Democrats voted with Republicans to rebuke Biden administration officials over their handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan on Wednesday. It passed 219 to 194, and among the Democrats who voted for the measure are Reps. Jared Golden, D-Maine; Mary Peltola, D-Alaska; Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash.; Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas; Greg Landsman, D-Ohio; and Jeff…
In hyperpartisan environment, MSNBC drawing fire for anti-Trump, pro-Harris programming
There is so much bias and bluster in cable news that it’s hard to know what to believe. Depending on the network, the coverage can seem like bouncing between alternate galaxies. And overall trust in the media has of course plummeted to new lows. Most people don’t even trust the fact-checkers, so we don’t have…
Trump briefed on ‘real and specific threats’ from Iran to assassinate him, campaign says
Former President Trump was briefed Tuesday about ‘real and specific threats’ from Iran to assassinate the Republican presidential candidate, according to his campaign. Iran’s aim to assassinate Trump is part of the Islamic Republic’s efforts to ‘destabilize and sow chaos in the United States,’ Trump Campaign Communications Director Steven Cheung said in a press release. …
Trump’s ground game shrinks voter registration gap in key battlegrounds
The campaign for former President Donald Trump said it is giving ‘maximum attention and resources’ to its ground game in battleground states, and it’s working. In key battleground states where voters register by party, and where the margins in 2020 were razor-thin, Republicans have cut into Democrats’ voter registration advantage — in some cases by…